How does one of the greatest storytellers of our time write her own life? The long-awaited memoir from one of our most lauded and influential cultural figures.

“Every writer is at least two beings: the one who lives, and the one who writes. Though everything written must have passed through their minds, or mind, they are not the same.”

From this unconventional start, Atwood unfolds the story of her life, linking seminal moments to the books that have shaped our literary landscape